WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 14) — In a move that demonstrates how aggressively Congressional Republicans are fighting to slash federal and postal workers’ pension and retirement benefits,...
The following is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now. So-called tea party legislators in Washington, D.C., are trying to punish and humiliate people who are out of work...
UPDATE (Feb. 7) — The Senate passed the Federal Aviation Administration bill on Monday that includes an anti-union measure bitterly opposed by many labor groups. Both...
SEATTLE (Jan. 31) — More than 200 workers, students, unemployed people and others rallied and marched to a local Wells Fargo branch Tuesday to call on...
The following is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now: By TULA CONNELL WASHINGTON. D.C. (Jan. 25) — President Barack Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night made...
The following is crossposted from AFL-CIO Now: By TULA CONNELL The 72-page report, issued yesterday by the President’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness, makes many solid...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Applications are now open for the 2012 Union Plus Scholarship Program, which provides $150,000 in scholarships to union members, their spouses and dependents. This...
AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka has issued the following statement regarding the Ryan-Wyden plan under which Medicare would merely subsidize premiums charged by private insurers. The Ryan-Wyden...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Dec. 16) — An AFL-CIO report released Thursday sheds new light on the crisis Alabama immigrant families are facing as a result of HB...
On Thursday, Dec. 8, supporters of extending federal unemployment insurance benefits — led by the M.L. King County Labor Council, AFL-CIO — visited the Mercer Island...